Staplestreet Road, Hernhill

An imposing detached Grade II listed Victorian house of great stature, with a collection of substantial rooms steeped with fascinating and well-preserved period detailing. Located on the fringes of Canterbury, in an elevated position with commanding views over undulating countryside, the property has easy access to amenities and superb communication links.

Dating from 1854, Mountfield House is a dressed-stone family home offering over 7,000 sq ft of light-filled accommodation with a great sense of volume and space. Character details include elegant stone-mullioned glazing, soaring ceilings adorned with fine cornicing, moulded doorways, and original fireplaces.

The accommodation flows from an enormous parquet-floored reception hall with a front-aspect bay window and attractive open fireplace, providing a warm welcome to visitors, with useful storage and a cloakroom.

The hall provides access to a relaxed drawing room that catches the morning sun and a family room – both with fireplaces and large bay windows. There is a study with a fireplace, and a dining room with bi-fold doors leading into a dramatic vaulted orangery, which has two sets of French doors opening to the rear terrace from where there are spectacular rural views.

The generous kitchen features a range of timeless wall and base units, wooden worktops, an Aga, and modern integrated Smeg appliances. Adjoining this is a fitted utility room with garden access and an interconnecting rear hallway, which provides access to a gym, a walk-in store, a useful cloakroom, and both the front and rear of the house. The property also benefits from a large cellar and second cloakroom.

On the first floor the property provides a principal bedroom with feature fireplace, a fitted dressing room and en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms, two with fireplaces, a family bathroom and a useful cloakroom.

The property’s four remaining bedrooms can be found on the vaulted second floor, one with an en suite shower room, together with a further family bathroom and a dressing room with potential for use as an additional bedroom if required.

This property has 3.5 acres of land.